# BIG DATA

Competition in a big data world – Speech by EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager at the DLD Conference in Munich

Transparency and User Control Critical to Success of Big Data - Vodafone Institute

# DSM

A busy year ahead building the Digital Single Market - Blog by Andrus Ansip

EP Background: Digital Single Market

Highlights - Vote in Plenary: Towards a Digital Single Market Act - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Deutsche Telekom: Primal fear of all things digital

# DATA PROTECTION

Letter to Barack Obama, Jean-Claude Juncker, Donald Tusk and the Heads of Government and State of the 28 EU Member States on cross-border data flows and “Safe Harbour” - signed by BUSINESSEUROPE, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, DIGITALEUROPE and the Information Technology Industry Council

# EU COUNCIL

Cm 1021 2016 Init Working Party on Information Exchange and Data Protection (DAPIX)

St 5180 2016 Init Information exchange developments, strengthening implementation and use of different systems - the focus of DAPIX

__

Note

Our telegram is published delayed by one day. It shows the headlines of our monitoring content, only. To ask for a weekly trial of this monitoring mail -- sent directly to your mailbox on the day of publication -- please contact us (opens e-mail programme).

Today, the Commission is proposing measures to tackle disinformation online, including an EU-wide Code of Practice on Disinformation, support for an independent network of fact-checkers, and a series of actions to stimulate quality journalism and promote media literacy.

The recent Facebook/Cambridge Analytica revelations demonstrated exactly how personal data can be exploited in electoral contexts, and are a timely reminder that more is needed to secure resilient democratic processes. Today the European Commission is taking steps forward in the fight against disinformation to ensure the protection of European values and security.

Vice-President for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip said: "Disinformation is not new as an instrument of political influence. New technologies, especially digital, have expanded its reach via the online environment to undermine o…

Download the PDFVersion françaiseDownload the results to the OECD Survey on Investigative Journalism
Source: OECD
27 March 2018 - The media and investigative journalism play a crucial role in bringing allegations of corruption to light and fighting against impunity. International consortiums of investigative journalists are an example of an international cooperation that leads to tangible results in bringing financial and economic crime to the attention of the public and law enforcement authorities. Media reporting is an essential—albeit untapped—source of detection in corruption cases. This is highlighted in Chapter 4 of the OECD study on The Detection of Foreign Bribery published in December 2017.

Source: EU Commission Related policies Audiovisual & Media ServicesSupporting media and digital culture The European Commission has decided,
on the basis of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), that
the Swedish intention to impose their ban on alcohol advertising on two
broadcasters based in the UK and broadcasting in Sweden is not
compatible with EU law. The
AVMSD is based on the principle of the country of origin, according to
which broadcasters are subject solely to the rules of the Member State
where they are established, including when they broadcast to other EU
countries. The AVMSD does not prohibit alcohol advertising, but allows
Member States to apply stricter rules, including a full ban, on
broadcasters under their jurisdiction. Such a ban exists in Sweden.

In order to impose such a ban on the UK broadcasters, Sweden should
have demonstrated, under the specific procedure contained in Article 4
of the AVMS
directive, that the broadcasters in question e…